I understand that the Va. legislature voted down a bill to allow permitted students and teachers to carry on campus, and that Virginia Tech lent its weight to keep it a "gun free zone".
I believe that the posters point was that the U.S. Congress had effectively underwritten such laws by outlawing handguns within 1000' of a school. Admittedly, "school" in the Congressional bill is defined as elementary, secondary and high schools....not Universities. However, the point is valid....Congressional action encouraged the mistaken belief that "a gun free zone will be a crime free zone", when just the opposite is true.
Well with that being the case, Congress should repeal that law and allow conceal to carry inside of all schools.